Detachable heel.



invii-reid DETAHABLE HEEL.

identifie.

Speciesitinn of Letters Eeteiit.

@Patented Feb. Si, MM5..

Application filed November 20, 19158. leerie! No. 7353,5Ei2.

y.To all wimiit it may @entere Y Be it known that l, JOHN W'ILLIAM5Min-i,

a subjectof Great Britain, residing et Chiriveted or otherwise securede, screw' S5 n" cago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful De tachable Heel, of which the following is aAMy invention. relates to improvements iii a cushion. or detachable heelto'b'e applied to footwear, silcli as boots and slices; and the objectsof my invention are, tiret, to provide a. resilient heel to be attached.to boots andshoes second, to construct tlie heel in such manner that itis easily,qlii1ckly and securely applied; third, means by which the heelis vprevented from dipping on Wet surfaces;

fourth, means by ivbicli the wearing qiiiilin ties of the heel areprolonged; and, fifth,

means by which the detachable lieels are interfclierigeable from oneshoe to the other. atta-in these objects by the ineans illu,"- tiated intlieeceonipanying drawings, iii

which-- Figi vre l is a perspective view of a detach able it i embodyinginy invention, lg. 2 is en outline view of the heel indicating animbedded plate used in the construction, in dotted lines, Fig is :isection taken on. line a-a of Fig. Fig. et isn vieni"similar'I to thatindicated in liig. 3 except indicating zi modified form of tion, Fig.indie the device et the beginning of its app A,.fiti'oii to e shoe orthe like, and Fig. 5 e View indicating the heel in position on e shoe orthe like.

Referring to the drawings, the body of the heel I is constructed ofindie. rubber or an. indizi rubber composition ind having a dat lower orthread. surface anda cdiicave upper surface l which engages the slioe,or tlie like. The body l is provided with a perforated plate 5 imbeddedtherein. 'llie perfor-ations in plate 5 facilitate the Yunion betweenplate 5 and body l.

In one of the perforetions'of pletev is extends upwardly and is adaptedto engage a screw socket, not shown, in a shoe 8 ortlielike. A lug 3 isprovided on the upper concave-surface 4 of the body l and adapted toengageait suitable recess, not shown,4 in e shoe'. 8 or the like toprevent retrograde movement of screw 2 andthe heel. fied foi-in of lug 3is shown et 3 in Fig. L1-. ln this construction the lug '3 is extendedinto the body 1" and riveted or otherwise used-in the construe v modi-Aseciired to the plate 5 thereby giving e more rigid construction theirthat indicated. in the preferred form.

' iiibedded in tlie lower or tread side of the heel l is .a frictionmaterial 6 adapted to facilitate adhesion of surfaces. Said frictionmaterial (3 is prothe heel on slippery i vided with a plurality ofmetallic members i.

T adapted to prolong; its Wearing qualities rThe material 6 and memberlioivever,.form no part of this invention.

In operation, the body l is placed in posiA tion, siicli as indicated inFig. 5 vitli'the screw 52 engnegingf a suitable screw socket, not shown,iii the shoe and the screw applied to said screw socket in the usuelmanner.

The resiliei'iey of the heel permits its flex-v ing enough to allow thetop of the heel to be screwed tightly against the shoe and when iiicorrect position the lug 3 will engiige its `proper socket, not shown,in the bottomof therefore, do not Wish to be limited to the i precisedetails ofcoiistriietion set forth, but desire to avail myself of siiclivariations and inodiicati'ons as eoiiie within the scope of the appendedclaims.

' Having described iny invention -what l claire as new and iflesire tosecure by Letters l. ln combination With e tially concentric with theupper surface of said lie-el body; and a," Screw imbedded 'in said heelbody and rigidly.' seein-ed to seid plete, removably securing said heelbody to said shoe sind bindingsaid flexible'plate 'under compression,substantially der scribed.

shoe, :i heel body 'having a normally concave upper surface; e, yresilient plate Y,ii'ntedded in. end siibstaniet 2. ln combination withe shoe having e screw engaging socket and a lng engaging socket, e heelbody having' a neriiiallyr conn cere uppeisui'face; e resilient plateiiribedded in said body and substantially corr

